Thread: Drying the Straight Razor

Just get a can of compressed air. Dries the blade, including the pivot, quickly and easily.

After shaving I dry my razor with TP then strop the blade and give it a dab of oil every time.

Originally Posted by ReardenSteel

I have never heard of anyone using this method and to be honest, it sounds like a lot of extra work. Personally, after carefully drying the blade with a soft towel, I use a piece of TP paper to dry between the scales and pivot, then strop 10 linen and 10 leather.

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I use same method to drying the straight razor...

OTT IMHO. I just wipe on a towel, strop (10/10) wipe with tissue paper with eucalyptus oil on it and place in three razor pouch (from Executive Shaving) or coffin stored on my desk in my bedroom. I don't have a LOT of razors (a rotation of four straights) so they don't get a lot of time to develop rust between use. I think you DO need to be on top of rust, but not obsessively so...